See how installed my new rocker today!

[1969guy]

Hey there fellas, haven't seen very many people install a new rocker with a portable spot welder, so I decided to take pics all along the way to show you how I did it. This is the first one I have done with this spot welder.

First off I'll start with the preparation. After I finished replacing some of the metal, I sprayed cold zinc on the bare metal to help preserve it.



Next was rocker alignment and fender alignment. I had put just a few tiny sheet metal screws through the rocker to hold it in place.



After being satisfied with the new rocker panel's alignment (sub standard aftermarket crap) time to clean all the areas that would be spot welded and mig welded to bare metal again and apply seam sealer.





The seam sealer is 3M Urethane seam sealer (08367) that is formulated so that you can put it between your metal before spot welding.



I forgot to take pics of the metal coated in seam sealer cause it was messy and it just slipped my mind.
When it came to the spot welding part, along the bottom edge, instead of adding more screws, I used vise grips to squeeze the metal together to get a good weld. When I got to the top, I had to add more screws to clamp it down because I didn't have vise grips big enough to reach around the rocker. With the cab corner off, spot welding the rear part was fairly easy. the front was mig welded. Got to be careful when mig welding around seam sealer though because it's hot enough to ignite that stuff!!